Makes perfect sense. And I agree with the 16:9 skins. Which I'm working on. :D
--- Gorka Olaizola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 06:28:41AM -0700, Michael Beal wrote: > > Gorka, could you please post your freevo.conf? This is where the > > difference exists. If you use the default Freevo settings of > 800x600, > > you _should_ hve noticeable image stretching. > > > I have made some tests and you are correct. In the case of Bluestar, > that is the skin I use, at least the "screen watermark" images are > squashed but the resulting images are not ugly and I didn't notice. > > My test resolutions are: > > 800x600 - 4:3 > 1280x720 - 16:9 > > both with pixel ratio 1:1 > > > I have found at least two problems in the Bluestar skin and in the > handling of skins that are not directly 16:9 related. > > The first one is very subtle but leads to incorrect aspect of the > image: > > - the width and height of the "screen watermark" image does not > respect > the aspect ratio of the image. > > The skin section is this (See image 01): > > <layout label="screen watermark"> > <background> > <image image="background" x="0" y="0" label="background"/> > <image x="435" y="230" width="370" height="380" > label="watermark"/> > </background> > </layout> > > The original width of bluestar_movies.png, the image I tested, is 205 > x 226 > and the image is scaled to 370 x 380 in the skin. > > x | y > ---------------------------------- > 370 / 205 = 1.80487804878048780487 > 380 / 226 = 1.68141592920353982300 > > If I change the height in the skin to 407 (226 * > 1.80487804878048780487) > instead of 380 the image should be scaled with correct aspect ratio > but > it isn't in some cases. This leads to the second problem. > > The second one seems a problem in the algorithm of the scaler or a > design decision: > > If I change the height of the image to 407 it becomes squashed like > the > first one when it shouldn't (See image 02). > > <layout label="screen watermark"> > <background> > <image image="background" x="0" y="0" label="background"/> > > -->>> <image x="435" y="230" width="370" height="407" > label="watermark"/> > > </background> > </layout> > > If I change the Y position to be higher in the screen the image has > the > correct aspect ratio. (See image 03) > > <layout label="screen watermark"> > <background> > <image image="background" x="0" y="0" label="background"/> > > -->>> <image x="435" y="130" width="370" height="407" > label="watermark"/> > > </background> > </layout> > > What happened? > > screen height - image height = last Y position that is onscreen > 600 - 407 = 193 > > and Y = 230 in the skin so the image in the image number 02 should be > 37 > pixels offscreen but it is aligned to the bottom and the image > squashed. > I suppose this is a design decision or a sutle bug that go unnoticed. > > In other test if I change the resolution to 1280x720 and make the > same > test the images are squashed in all cases (See images 04, 05 and 06), > so > it's true that there is a problem in the scaler with 4:3 skins > displayed > in a 16:9 resolution. > > In another test I have changed the skin resolution to (800x450 / > 16:9) > and put Y to 43 (450 - 407 = 43) and the watermark at 1280x720 is not > squashed so it seems that we need to make 16:9 skins or add an scale > algorithm that is aspect ratio and pixel ratio aware. The first > option seems > the easiest one. > > Hope this make sense. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/> _______________________________________________ > Freevo-devel mailing list > Freevo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-devel mailing list Freevo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
